• Loan syndication under Basel II: How do firm credit ratings affect the cost of credit? 

      Hasan, Iftekhar; Kim, Suk-Joong; Politsidis, Panagiotis; Wu, Eliza
      Published 2021
      This paper investigates how lenders react to borrowers’ rating changes under heterogeneous conditions and different regulatory regimes. Our findings suggest that corporate downgrades that increase capital requirements for ...
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    • The Game Changer: Regulatory Reform and Multiple Credit Ratings 

      Huang, He; Svec, Jiri; Wu, Eliza
      Published 2021
      This paper examines the change in the regulatory use of multiple credit ratings after the Dodd-Frank Act (Dodd-Frank). We find that post Dodd-Frank reform, firms are less likely to demand a third rating (typically from ...
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    • Mind the Sovereign Ceiling on Corporate Performance 

      To, Thomas; Wu, Eliza; Zhang, Lambert
      Published 2022
      We find direct evidence that sovereign default risk has a negative impact on corporate performance via a rating spillover channel. Difference-in-differences tests exploiting the heterogeneity in corporate credit ratings ...
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    • The real impact of ratings-based capital rules on the finance-growth nexus 

      Hasan, Iftekhar; Hassan, Gazi; Kim, Suk-Joong; Wu, Eliza
      Published 2021
      We investigate whether ratings-based capital regulation has affected the finance-growth nexus via a foreign credit channel. Using quarterly data on short to medium term real GDP growth and cross-border bank lending flows ...
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    • Redefining and interrogating pedagogical practices 

      Hillier, Matthew; Jacka, Lisa; Koh, Josiah; Vallis, Carmen
      Published 2022
      Lockdowns and the rapid pivot to remote teaching disrupted much of Australasian higher education and has given us impetus to rethink educational design and practice. Overnight, some educators found themselves thrown into ...
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